The whole of The Nation family and indeed the entire Nigerian media family, particularly those who knew her, woke up last Friday to the sad news of Bukola Bridget Aroloye Nee Afolabi’s death. To say the least, it was shattering. Rightly, the first thought was, 'Oh God, let this not be confirmed. Let it be a rumour; or (perhaps) let it be a Bukky that we don't know.' She was so so dear. Like every other human being, she had… Read more

Like a candle stick burning in the wind, Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo, 57, is gone. He was killed fleeing from gun- shooting robbers when he was hit by motorists who, driving furiously and blindly, were also desperately seeking to escape. It is a gory story and ending of a simple and humble man I do not wish to remember. The path of Onukaba and mine met this earth life when he came to work at The Guardian newspaper in the 1980s as… Read more

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has described the late Awolowo’s wife, Hannah Idowu as “a remarkable mother, wife and a fountain of inspiration”. Mrs Buhari, who was paying a tribute to the late Mrs Awolowo in the course of a visit to the deceased’s grand daughter, Mrs Dolapo Yemi Osinbajo, the wife of the Vice President, said it was “impossible to recall Chief Awolowo’s impressive political record and contributions to our democratic development without recognising the… Read more

The Railway Station Market in Kaduna used to be very popular for fruits and assorted food items. It was a beehive of activities where customers purchased fruits and foodstuff brought in from the southern part of the country. Owned by the Nigeria Railway Corporation, it was adjacent to the Kaduna Junction as the railway terminal in Kaduna was called. Residents and visitors took pleasure in buying their goods there because the prices were relatively cheap. That was in the yesteryears. … Read more

Digital software has changed the way advertising practitioners think. Gone is the era of creative manual adverts. Most creative artists simply develop concepts. Software translates it to picture and images. But, there are fears that this emerging trend will cost fine artists their job, reports ADEDEJI ADEMIGBUJI. There is big dividing line between traditional and digital advertising. In the past 10 years, they have started to embrace each other more openly, yet the line remains despite being blurred. While technology-savvy… Read more

Sympathisers found it hectic bringing the emotions of the 25-year-old woman under control yesterday. She wept like a baby over the death of her husband in yet inscrutable circumstances. “God, my joy is gone!” Mrs. Happiness Okpok, mother of four, exclaimed as a thick crowd of sympathisers struggled to pacify her at the family’s Anuoluwapo Street, Ifako-Gbagada, Lagos home. “I beg the state Commissioner of Police (Mr Umar Manko) to help unravel the sudden death of my husband. His death… Read more

Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire that razed the Yoruba/Lagos Line section of Eziukwu Market in Aba, Abia State. An eyewitness, Mr Ijioma Kalu Lekwa, said the fire almost destroyed the herbs and scraps sections of the market. He said the fire started around 4pm on Sunday and could not be put out until 2am on Monday. According to him, the fire started when most residents were attending social or religious functions and the traders… Read more

Property and cash estimated at billions of naira were lost to a fire that razed the Ogbosisi Market, Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday night. The fire reportedly started around 1:30am. The traders yesterday protested to the government, accusing the security men at the market of causing the fire. They alleged that the vigilance group and former executives of the market conspired to raze the market. Their suspicion of the vigilance group was fuelled by the alleged absence of four of… Read more

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday said Nigeria made a big mistake by allowing the dispute on the ownership of the Bakassi Peninsula to be taken to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Anyaoku spoke in Abuja yesterday at the Second Annual Lecture and the Book Launch of the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA). He said indigenes of the Peninsula should have been allowed to determine where they belong. Anyaoku cited the example of the Falkland Islands, which… Read more

A story looms in Ondo State, and it is not just about Governor Olusegun Mimiko and his opponents. He has cast himself a pariah to the story of brotherly love in the Southwest with the cold eyes he casts on the cooperative spirit of the Southwest. But the election is about that but not about that. It is about whether the man who rode to power on wavelets of glee, éclat and abundance of hope has translated programmes into fruition… Read more